Vi is out! The final champ of this year. I was eager to show this champion to everyone and it's happening now! This is the splash art that I collaborated with Josh Smith. I did the character int he foreground while he worked on the background. Another splash artist named Bo Lu did the initial design of the background Piltover interior. I do Champion and Skin concept designs most of the time at Riot but this was a fun collaboration!

Check out the animated version of the splash on the login page! The motion animation team did an awesome job on it!Vi Splash Login Screen

Today, I found out from my colleague that this splash art has received a GOLD AWARD on Cghub.I wanna congratz my friend Josh Smith for getting this! you can check out the rest of the stuff on here.Josh Smith CGHUB

I love your art and am just getting into my digital drawing, was just wondering how you manage to get a smooth gradient/transition of colour (blending two shades together) when you are shading, I am finding this very difficult and was wondering if you have any tips.

thanks in advance to anyone who can answer this and keep up the good work (vi is my favourite lol champ in terms of visuals )